At a book club meeting…
.
Bill: “Truth
is stranger than fiction.” An axiom recalled by Nelson DeMille in another of
his novels premised on a conspiracy theory, Wild Fire.
.
George: The
one about ultra rights and oil interests dropping a nuclear bomb
on an American city, blaming jihadists, so they can retaliate by
nuking Islamic countries and taking over their oil?
.
Bill: Something
like that. Conspiracy theory-based stories, I find restricting, they remind me
of repetitive drum-beating. They seem to be the kind of novels
that may appeal to a Trump voter. The kind believing that you, George,
engineered the 9/11 attacks, or that global warming is a hoax.
.
George: But
the premise of Wild Fire was that the president was rational and diplomatic
enough but his minders were extremists.
.
Bill: Now
Washington is upended. An unhinged, vindictive, irresponsible president
spouting conspiracy theories, appointing loonie ultra rightists. Can the
moderates control these conspiracists who see all of Islam as jihadists?
Maybe they will cook up an excuse to start a war.
.
George: Truth
often is stranger than fiction.
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Voice-over
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| Trump's credulous supporters Washington Post |
A responsible leader makes statements based on evidence.
So do responsible academics. Offering unsubstantiated opinion is a
characteristic of child behavior. Offering opinion based on unsubstantiated
conspiracy theory is something uneducated teenagers might do. America, who is
it you will have leading you? You actually listen to what he says? What does that say about your levels of education?
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